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ID number: BIRBI-70.3 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Title / Object name: Landscape with Distant Mountains Object type: Painting Culture: French Date made: early 1840s Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 18 x 29.8 cm (unframed) 32.1 x 43.7 x 2.7 cm (framed) Provenance: Acquired at Corot's posthumous sale by the artist Henri Fantin-Latour, 26-28 May 1875 (lot 396); Stanley W. Sykes; purchased from the Hazlitt Gallery in 1970 for £8,500. |
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This is one of numerous small informal studies that Corot painted on the spot throughout his life. One such as this would have taken no more than a single session to complete. He made them as private exercises which might provide inspiration for larger studio compositions. The studies were not for sale and this example typically remained in Corot’s studio at his death. Inscriptions / Translations: Sale stencil I.r.: VENTE COROT Notes: Exhibited: 'Loan collection of pictures illustrative of the evolution of painting from the XVIIth century to the present day', Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, UK, 1925, cat. no. 32; 'Corot', South Bank Centre, London, UK, 1991, no.23; 'Corot', Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, 19 May 1991 - 30 June 1991; 'Corot', Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, UK, 06 July 1991 - 18 August 1991; 'The Road to Impressionism', Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK, 02 November 2002 - 26 January 2003, p.16 |
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| L'oeuvre de Corot Robaut, A. 1905 | |
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